Te Kowatawata: The dawn of a new city

A city rebuilds: The Recover Canterbury story

This document brings together the story and the lessons of Recover Canterbury – an organisation that was pivotal in the survival and re-establishment of the Canterbury business community following a...

Contributing more: Improving the role of business in recovery

This report draws on the experiences of those involved in the Canterbury earthquakes. It explores the way in which the different capabilities, expertise and resources of businesses can be used to impr...

Effectivess and efficiency of arrangements to repair pipes and roads in Christchurch

This report is one of a series and covers one of the most significant and complex contracts in the Canterbury rebuild to rebuild the roads and underground water, wastewater, and stormwater pipes in Ch...

Follow-up audit: Effectivess and efficiency of arrangements to repair pipes and roads in Christchurch

In November 2013, the Office of the Auditor General examined how the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority, the New Zealand Transport Agency, and Christchurch City Council were managing the rebuild...

Leadership in communities (LinC) cohort 1 evaluation

The Leadership in Communities (LinC) Project is designed specifically to support and enhance local leadership and recognised change agents drawn from the voluntary, NGO and also central and local gove...

Roles, responsibilities, and funding of public entities after the Canterbury earthquakes

This report discusses the response of public entities. The recovery calls for many public entities to work in new and challenging ways. As this report shows, the administrative arrangements for the re...

Social and cultural outcomes

Ch.2: Understanding Social Recovery report
This chapter discusses the social recovery monitoring work undertaken by CERA, including the Canterbury Wellbeing Index which it developed to monitor social...